Meges Surname
Approximately 161 people bear this surname
Meges Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haiti | 48 | 1:222,581 | 8,250 |
| France | 33 | 1:2,012,810 | 168,616 |
| Poland | 29 | 1:1,310,647 | 81,985 |
| Germany | 18 | 1:4,472,526 | 177,866 |
| United States | 17 | 1:21,321,114 | 641,998 |
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Megeš (1) & Mèges (1) are calculated separately.
Meges (24) may also be a first name.
Meges Demographics
Meges Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Meges Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meges Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meges (Russian: Мегес) occurs most in Haiti. It can also appear as: Megeš or Mèges. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meges? popularity and diffusion
Meges is the 1,369,340th most frequently used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 45,264,260 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 56 percent of Meges reside; 32 percent reside in Western Europe and 30 percent reside in Gallo-Caribbean. Meges is also the 2,187,323rd most widely held given name internationally. It is borne by 24 people.
The last name is most widely held in Haiti, where it is carried by 48 people, or 1 in 222,581. In Haiti Meges is mostly concentrated in: Ouest, where 100 percent reside. Not including Haiti this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in France, where 20 percent reside and Poland, where 18 percent reside.
Meges Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Meges has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Meges surname increased 567 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Meges Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Meges last name is primarily Orthodox (80%) in Ukraine.
Meges earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 16.71% more than the national average, earning $50,360 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meges Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meges in the Russian language | ||
| Мегес | meges | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Meges
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